Why would somebody participating in a corrupt transaction voluntary subject themselves to authentication on an OLPC?
On Sun, Feb 10, 2008 at 2:18 PM, Clark Pope <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm curious if anyone is looking at using the OLPC as an anti-corruption > tool. I hear that one of the major problems in afghanistan is corruption of > the police and other officials not to mention civilians. I realized that > these developing countries are a lot like Ebay: nobody knows who they can > trust. The online sites have tried to tackle with ratings systems of users > and buyers. My theory is the same thing could be accomplished with the OLPC. > > > Basically, people would get an OLPC by providing picture and finger print > at a vending machine. The units ethernet address would become the person's > ID. The unit won't work with any other finger scan and if activity is not > detected in 48 hours, let's say, the unit would be reported stolen or some > GO would be prompted to investigate. > > In the marketplace and at government office both parties to a transaction > would authenticate themselves to each other via their OLPCs. After the > transaction each individual can rate the other. > > If a seller or official is corrupt it will become obvious very quickly as > many people report on them. If people refuse to participate then others know > not to do business with them. > > The same infrastructure can be used to report insurgents, essential > services, voting, etc. > > Anyway, is anyone working on applications like this? Seems to me the > coalition would pay for it since it is alot cheaper to empower millions of > citizen watchers than it is to send more troops. > > Please respond to my email directly as I don't subscribe to this list. > > Thanks, > Clark > > > ------------------------------ > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: olpc anti-corruption > Date: Sun, 10 Feb 2008 13:58:47 -0500 > > dispense from vending machines > government employee have paper trail > ethernet address is the citizen id > use for elections > rate vendors and buyers > use to validate government officials and report corruption > pay contributors with monthly electronic deposits > report status of water, sewer, and electricity > call for help > > if stolen can be deactivated remotely > fingerprint scan to purchase and use > > communications tool > education tool > > ------------------------------ > Connect and share in new ways with Windows Live. Get it > now!<http://www.windowslive.com/share.html?ocid=TXT_TAGHM_Wave2_sharelife_012008> > > > ------------------------------ > Climb to the top of the charts! Play the word scramble challenge with star > power. Play > now!<http://club.live.com/star_shuffle.aspx?icid=starshuffle_wlmailtextlink_jan> > > _______________________________________________ > Olpc-open mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/olpc-open > >
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